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Dealing with Acid Reflux: Best Habits, Food, and Practices?

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General Physician - Answered on Oct 02, 2024

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Dear mam, 1) What could be best habit / food / practices to deal with Acid Reflux ?

Ans: Early dinner by 6 pm
Light dinner avoiding oily food and animal protein
Avoid spicy food
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Hi Doctor, I'm 37 yrs Male physically and mentally fit. For last several years I'm following a strict diet where I eat 4 times in a day - Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner. Nothing in between. I don't eat junk food. I have 2 questions for you: 1) Lately I have observed an urge to eat in-between (eg. an hour after breakfast) probably due to reduced sugar levels. Is it fine to eat some Jaggery/almonds/cashew in between? 2) When I have early dinner around 7pm, I get an acid reflux at night (especially if I eat Tur dal/any pulses). What can be the reason and what are the ways to tackle acid reflux? Thanks in advance.
Ans: What you are indicating seems to be a sign of insulin resistance where in response to meal, insulin levels rise and then you start feeling hungry. These are indications of early stage of diabetes development.
The first thing you need to get done is blood sugar levels: fasting, 2 hr after breakfast and HbA1c. You also need to have your lipid, and liver function tests done. Essentially, you can get your blood marker profile done. Discuss that with a physician and he or she would be in better position to advise.

Regarding second question, it may not be related to early dinner but overall gastric emptying. Please increase fruits and vegetables in your diet. You need to have some gastric motility enhancing medicines before breakfast . Esomeprazole and Domperidon combination are very effective.

It might benefit to increase the number of meals and snacks in total to 5 From current (Three meals and two snacks) but reduce the quantity and portion sizes in snacks.

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